Locked bolt



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LOCKED sour Filed Dec. 11, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 [:HIJRLEE HELLER/TH C. HOLLERITH June 16, 1953 LOCKED BOLT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 11, 1947 FIE 1ma w. EHIJRLEEI HELLER/TH ATTORNEY sect ons, which mm ,Fig. I in order to Patented June 16,, 195 3 new 1 EFFZI'CIEY 2,642,109 LOCKED BOLT Charles Hollerith, Jackson, :Michi, assignor, by

me'sne assignments, to The-'B.-F. Goodrich Com- .pany, Akron, Ohio, a. corporationof New York ApplicationDecember 11, rcl'nserislm. $790,945

'2 Claims. (01. "151 -62) This invention relates to vehicle wheels of the kind which are -bunt-up, from separately made the opposite sides of the wheel and combine to complete the wheelrim and whichare adapted to be connected together in laterally adjacent relationship to complete the desired wheel structure. Inpa'rticular, the invention is c'oncerned 'i'rfith wheel constructions of th s kind which ar intended' fo'r use on aircraft, it being understood however that the wheel construction provided may be employed on vehicles r 11 v I I ii c ibg ect of the invention is to provide for the connecting of the adj acent'wheel section together, or thedisconneoting thereof, in a rapid and efficient manner by a single operator 7 The invention also has forits obJect to prov de a simple and quick action means for connecting o'r disconnecting adjacent wheel. sections, in the form of simple through bolts which are held by clips against turning from one end thereof withinone wheel section while nuts, preferably 1n the form of nuts having internal hexagonal soclzets for actuating the same, are rotatively engaged or disengaged with respect to the screwed ends of the bolts located within the other wheel section.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from a consideration of the following description and claims with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. I is a vertical section of a wheel construc tion embodying one form of the invent1on,

These bores '4 are open at their outer ends'to enlarged transverselyextending cavities 5 in: the wheel sectio'ns, eachcf which is formed with a tire retaihingflange fi and withrabbeted cylindrical portions, as indicatedat land 3, by which'the wheel sections are properly located with respect to one another in theassembled condition thereof. Each wheel section i's-also shown as being fitted on the outer side w allwith a' bra-ke drum 9.

Each through bolt 3, only one of which is shown but all of which are identical, has a hexagonal head lli at one'ehd and is'sc re'w-threaded at its opposite end, as indicated at H, for the reception of a nut l2, which is preferably ofthe type, as shown, which has anend skirt portion I3, the hollow interior surfa'c'e'of which is formed to receive a bar'orrod forrotating the nut and is accordinglyreadily accessible'for such purpose by the insertion of a bar or rod into the'cavities 5. At its opposite end 'eachbo'lt is provided with a cup member [4 having a centra'l opening IS-in its base-forithepassage ofthe bolt and the open end of the skirt portion it of which extends beyond the bolt head It] and is formed with dia- Fig. II is an enlarged detail view of the cup in the construction shown in against turning,

Fig. III is a fragmentary sectional view of a modified construction of the quick-action connecting means,

Fig. IV is a detail perspective View of a cup member employed to prevent turning movement of a securing bolt, and I Fig. V is a detail perspective view of-the spring clip employed in the modified construction according to Fig. III. g

In carrying the invention into effect in one convenient manner as illustrated in the drawings and referring first to Figs. I and II a wheel construction is shown therein as composed of two adjacent sections I and 2 which are secured together in laterally adjacent relationship to complete the desired wheel structure by means of a series of transversely extending through bolts '3 mounted at circumferentially spaced intervals in the two wheel sections.

metrical slots ll through which a screw [8 is capable of being passed to hold this cup, and hence the bolt ,4, against rotation. The inner portion l9 of the cup is squared to resist rotation of the bolt head It and the screw lBis secured uponthe wheel section 2 so as to extend transversely through the corresponding cavity 5 in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the bolt 3. As shown particularly in Fig. II the screw I8 is inserted through a hole 20 in the outside wall of the cavity 5 and is passed at its inner end through an aligned hole 2! in the inner wall'of the cavity so that the screw-threaded end 22 of the screw may receive a securing nut 23, accessible through a transverse opening 24 on the outside wall of the hollowed-out wheel section 2.

To assemble the wheel sections therefore, and assuming that the bolts 3 have been inserted in the bores 4 of the wheel section 2 and the cups [4 have been applied and secured in position as described, it is merely necessary to bring the wheel sections together to properly align the bolts 3 with respect to the bores 4 in the other wheel section I, so that the bolt ends projecting from the wheel section 2 can be inserted within these bores of the wheel section I in position for the application of the securing nuts l2. These can be readily applied by a single operator, since the bolts are themselves held against rotation by the cups I4 and the operator merely has to insert the nut operating tool through the cavities 5 in order to perform the desired tightening operation, which is capable of being performed rapidly as also is the nut removing operation when it is desired to dismantle the wheel sections.

Referring to Fig. III, IV and V, in which the same reference numerals have been applied to denote the same parts as are shown in Figs. I and II, the means employed to prevent the bolts from turning consists of the cups H! as before but instead of, relying upon the use of a screw l8 and nut 23 for securing each bolt head against rotation, a simple spring clip, indicated generally at 25, is employed in association with a simple or plain cross pin 26. This clip has opposite spring arms 21 which are normally stressed toward one another and have axially aligned openings 28 through which the cross pin 26 is capable of extending with a slight clearance fit, which is J taken up on one side by the spring action exerted by the arms 21 when the latter are freed from a spread apart position necessary to permit the cross pin 26 to be inserted at its ends into the openings in the opposite walls of the corresponding cavity 5.

opens, a bolt in said hole having its head disposed in said cavity, of a socket member in said cavity in which said head is disposed and held against relative rotation, an opening defined in said structure and extending into said cavity, a locking member located in said opening and extending into said cavity, a portion of said socket engaged by said locking member to prevent rota- It will be appreciated that as the screw [8 or the pin 26 is disposed in the path of tion of said socket in said cavity, said locking member being in the form of a pin bridging said cavity, said opening being in the form of opposed holes defined in said structure in which said pin is disposed, and releasable locking defined therein to receive the head of the bolt,

a bolt having a shank disposed in said hole and its head disposed in said cavity, a socket member located in'said cavity and embracing the head r of said bolt to prevent relative rotation between said socket and said bolt head, a cross hole opening into said cavity and defined in said structure, a portion of said socket extending beyond said bolt head and having an opening therein aligned with said cross hole, a removable pin disposed in said cross hole and bridging said cavity and socket through the opening in said socket to prevent relative rotation between said socket and said structure wherein said releasable locking means engages with the bridging portion of said pin within said socket to prevent accidental axial displacement of said pin.

CHARLES HOLLERITI-I.

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